BY ROHAN PEARCE
The rather prosaic sounding Jewish settlements within the
Occupied Territories are well-armed virtual fortresses, designed to legitimise
Israeli sovereignty over large areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The
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US policies create terrorism
Another American Century? The United States and the World After
BY NORM DIXON
The US and British governments' carefully scripted countdown to a massive military attack on Iraq is being disrupted — possibly delayed — by mounting popular anger throughout the Middle East provoked by Israel's murderous
Abortion
I just read Pamela Valemont's letter (GLW #485) in which she describes how, through being "united in the political struggle" as we all are, she also happens "to believe very strongly that abortion enslaves women..."
I also have that
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — On April 4 US President George Bush called on Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian cities occupied by its forces during the previous week.
He excused Israel's violence, but lectured the Palestinians and the rest of
I am going to plant peace in the desertI am going to plant hearts and hands togetherIn the desert of my blank pageI am going to draw a peace dove in the sky of WoomeraI am going to draw an open gate for the detention centre.
I am going to draw a
Museworthy: Olive Tree
(for Demetra Christodoulou)
You saw the moonYou named it sweetYou followed the heiferAnd milked her teatI met my deathI tormented the seaI ran the numbersWhich delivered meWide and blueWhere the rain sought homeWe
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The April 2 Australian carried an opinion piece — "Refugee hard line is right" — written by Labor Party member and self-described "left-wing activist" Ivan Molloy. Molloy called for "reasoned criticism from a human rights
and ain't I a woman?: Still fighting for equal pay
Thirty-two years after Australian law first demanded equal pay for equal work, women are still receiving just two-thirds the average weekly pay of men. According to the Australian Bureau of
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to protest for refugees' rights on the weekend of June 22-23 around Australia. In Sydney alone, organisers believe between 50,000 and 100,000 people will be willing to come
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